Horizons in World Physics. Volume 281 in Bloomington, MN

This book presents original research results on the leading edge of physics. Each article has been carefully selected in an attempt to present substantial research across a broad spectrum. Topics include a gamma spectroscopy study of natural radioactivity in soil, sediment, drinking and brine waters in communities of the oil rich Niger Delta Region, Nigeria; nature and properties of axions from the sun, archernar and gas giants; new developments of light-front dynamics in hadron physics; mesonic Lipschitz monoids; estimates for parameters and characteristics of the confining SU(3)-gluonic field in neutral vector mesons from leptonic widths; and manifestation of the strong nuclear interactions in the isotope-induced band-gap opening of graphene.